07/05/10 The Cornea Topographer case
Recent technological developments in vision and imaging will increase the potential for application of optical principles in precision measurement and decision support. This vision had led Dutch engineering company Mecal to extend its portfolio with engineering services and product development support in vision and optronic technology...
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06/25/10 Mecal completed technical due diligence of the 'Gwynt y Môr' offshore-wind farm
On behalf of Stadtwerke München (SWM), MECAL has accomplished the technical due diligence of the Offshore-Windfarm „Gwynt y Môr“, which has a planned capacity of 576 MW, one of the biggest wind farms in the world. The wind farm is to be realised of the coast of North Wales in the United Kingdom. The technical evaluation of the project was performed jointly with MECAL’s cooperation partners BBB Umwelttechnik and ep4 offshore...
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06/25/10 Mecal honored with a runner-up position for the national entrepreneur reward
Mecal was one of the three nominated in the category medium size company (<250 employees) of the Koning Willem 1 award. Adams Musical Instruments won the KW1 award, our fellow competitor Bencom was runner-up as well. The award for big companies (>250 employees) was presented to Stage Entertainment, with VDL groep and Koninklijke ten Cate as runner-ups...
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04/26/10 The revolutionary Hummingbird technology (download article on Active Vibration Isolation) [4.934 KB]
The Hummingbird technology was developed by MECAL and TNO in response to the growing need for highly effective, robust and affordable vibration reduction systems. It combines new and existing technologies to significantly reduce floor vibrations and also suppress disturbances caused by machine movement, ranging from very low
to high frequencies...
04/21/10 MECAL nominated for the "Koning Willem 1" price
MECAL is nominated for the “Koning Willem I prijs” , a prestigious Dutch honorary award for companies excelling in courage, sustainability, decisiveness, perseverance and innovation. The 2-yearly award is as well for big as for small size companies…
03/09/10 Data Vision Certified MECAL Focal
Next to the projects Data Vision has had executed through official partners TCPM and JB Control Systems, Data vision received more and more questions about the execution of Turnkey Vision projects. We therefore have decided to expand the network of Certified Integration Partners. ...
12/04/09 Cornea Topographer: an opto-mechatronic system by MECAL for measuring the cornea of a human eye
MECAL developed an opto-mechatronic system for measuring the cornea of a human eye, the Cornea Topographer. Accurate surface- and height information
is required for the development op patient specific contact lenses...
12/02/09 Hummingbird: a revolutionary 6-DOF active vibration isolated platform by MECAL
Present commercially available technology is limited to a suppression of 3 : 1 around 1 Hz, which is insufficient to meet the accuracy demands in many of todays mechatronic systems. MECAL therefore developed a groundbreaking technology to suppress floor vibrations with at least a factor of 30 : 1 around 1 Hz in 6 Degrees of ...
10/07/09 MECAL Focal and Acropetal will develop 3Nethra
The aim of the project 3Nethra is to develop an eye scan and a pre-diagnostic device that will measure and diagnose 5-eye characteristics (strength, cylinder, eye pressure, cornea and retina).The diagnosis will take place by using smart algorithms which will link the measured eye scans to a database with scans of diagnosed patients...
09/29/09 Trillingsisolatie daalt af naar de aarde [5.942 KB]
09/18/09 New vibration isolation technology for the high-tech industry [543 KB]
The high-tech industry constantly requires improvement of the accuracy of mechatronic systems. A lot of today’s systems require nanometer accuracy and some even accuracy at picometer level. For this high-tech equipment it is essential to eliminate floor vibrations that disturb...
05/20/09 SERIOS: high performance Z- & Phi-axis actuator by MECAL
MECAL realizes the SERIOS, an end-effector that fits a.o. high-end pick and place platforms..
